whenen they dance, we say that they are blessing the earth. - meet an adopted lakota who created the first buffalalo hide tipi in 170 year. - there are only about ten buffalo hide tipis left in the whole world. - this reminds me of when i'm in a hurry in the morning and i've got to remove frost from my window. an artist pays tribute to the spirit of the wolf. and we take part in an ancient wasna ceremony. it's the land of the great warrior, crazy horse, a sacred land. [intense percussive music] ♪ i'm richard wiese. i've been an explorer my entire life, and i'm still passionate about adventure, new people, places, and natural wonders.

i was born to explore. they call it paha sapa, black mountain, for the dense pine tree forests that cover these hills. for the lakota nation, this is sacred land. i' sin south dakota, on a journey to understand how the traditions of the lakota nation are carried on today. it's known as the home of mount rushmore and pays tribute to the native american warrior crazy horse. crazy horse once said, "a very great vision is needed, "and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." south dakota is often referred to as the heartland of america, its rolling golden hills, its antelope, its buffalo, but it's also the heart and a spiritual center of the lakota nation.on - [singing in native language]

♪ - the lakota are native americans who are also known as the great sioux nation. the words "lakota" and "dakota" mean allies, friends. the lakota are connectod to the land. they followed the buffalo, which roamed the plalains and were a source of life. sacred music and dance honors this land and all its creatures. - we call it the wamakaskan, the animal nation. they give us song by the drum-- the can cega, the drum. wood comes from the tree. and cega is a covering to make a sound, and the covering comes from the wamakaskan, the animal nation. elk, deer, tatanka, buffalo, cow. various relatives, so we acknowledge them through our music, our song. - the lakota dance to call upon the buffalo.

they dance to remember their ancestors and to bring peace to the land. today thdaese traditions continu through another generation. you look at young dancers. they're learning the lakota language. they're learning, through dance, different traditions and values. - the wakayajas are the children. when they dance, we say that they are blessing the earth. they're blessing the energy. they're blessing the circle when they dance, becaususe they're pure, they're sacred. so when they dance for us, they bless the ground. - some dances are for healing, good harvest, or rain. others tell of the hunt or battle victories. for bruce iron cloud and his family, holding on to these traditions is important. so is music important in your family or in your culture? - in our culture, the music tells--tells stories--

traditional songs which have words in them. - iron cloud's nieces and nephews, arrow heart, daniel, tavian, selena, and hazel, learn the stories of their ancestors. [all chanting] ♪ the legend of the grass dancer imitates the swaying of prairie grasses, and the movements tell of stamping down tall grass before a powwow or celebration. - the grass dancers were a part of the medicine man society. so they were-- it was a spiritual dance. - sequoia crosswhite is a descendant of chief war eagle and chief swift cloud. - i'm a grass dancer. [speaks in native language] and it's one of the oldest dances there are of the plains. so as a dancer, i we the fringe on here to represent the grass that i would--

in the old days, would traditionally wear, and then as a warrior, i would wear-- just like a knight would wear his armor-- i'd wear my breastplate and what--i'd go into battle. [group chanting] - drums play an important part in every ceremony. it is lieved the spirit of the tree and the animal it is made from live within the drum. - [singing in native language] - gus yellow hair uses traditional techniques to crereate his ceremonial drum. how important was music within the traditions of the lakota? - music is a part of expression, and expression of not only one's inner self, but also as a form of connecting with the wamakaskan, which is the animal world, and also the spirit world, the nagi. to honor someone with a song was perhaps one of the greatest gifts

that a person could give. they would use a cottonwood frame, hand-carved. the cottonwood is-- we call it can waka, or the holy tree. [chanting in native language] some of the tools were made directly from the buffalo bones themselves. - do you want to show me how this is put together? - sure. and so what i'll do is, i'll just run it through one end, keeping that in the center. and you'll see how i cut it so it's gonna overlap. - that's right. and you're gonna keep folding it over, and then you keep stretching it. - keep stretching it, yeah. - and when it is beaten, the drum connects with the spirits of the ancients. gus shares tir story of creation. - mother earth and i are as one. there was a time when the lakota people followed-- as legend goes, followed the buffalo nation out of wind cave onto what is now known as the black hills. - hidden beneath the rolling prairies of the black hills

is wind cave. this small hole in the ground is actually the natural entrance to the fifth longest cave in the world. it is called wind cave, and it got its name for the winds that rush in and out of it. but for the lakota people who lived here, it was nothing short of their story of creation. christian janis is a lakota guide. - just listening to that wind, they can feel the presence of their people inside the cave. we hold it sacred because this is where we got our start. - undederground, wind cave is a complex labyrinth of sececret passages. wind cave contains unique formations called boxwork. - about 350 million years ago, there once was an ocean here. now, when that ocean receded, what was left behind was limestone, which was formed by dead sea creatures compressing together. - the honeycomb patterns are exquisite. this is the most extensive boxwork in the world. - wind cave e is v very compl. i feel aeal spiritual connection.

i feel a lot closer to my people being down here. - [singing in native language] ♪ - next my journey continues when i learn to build a tipi. (birds chirping) ♪ [female announcer] looks like everybody's at our biggest sale of the year, the anniversary sale at petsmart. save $3 on sect iams® dry dog food and select iams® dry cat food. at petsmart®. and bluer than the bluest slushy. i can still feel the splash on my face. can still see the wild creatures, hear them calling my name. yes, if i had hairs on the back of my neck, surely they'd be standing on end.

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hey you're having the new one too. that's great! this is an old shoe. really? must be some weird promotion, because mine is loaded with cool stuff. pringles, a sandwich... yeah. nice try. hey emily! wanna trade lunchables? it's the new one. no? i understand... [ male announcer ] upload with more stuff with newunchables uploaded. and go to areyouuploaded.com to upload your life with outrageous fun. - i'm on the windswept plains of south dakota. long ago, the lakota indians prayed for the buffalo to come,

a source of food, clothing, and shelter: the tipi. it's a lakota word that means "the dwelling place." larry belitz is one of the foremost experts on the buffalo hide tipi. he was adopted by a lakota family. - she wanted then not just to adopt me but also to teach me things that she knew that were being lost because her family really wasn't carrying on. - when the plains indians no longer hunted buffalo to survive and home became the reservation lands, the tipi became a part of history. so there must have been other people who knew how to make buffalo hide tipis, right? - in the 1880s, yeah. - were there many examples left around that you could draw from? - there are only about ten buffalo hide tipis left in the whole world. times were hard, and most of them were thrown away. - to tan a buffalo hide like they did in the 1800s, we start by removing the hair. - this longeonhair that i'm pulling off

from the fur to the hump, this is what we spin to make buffalo hair ropes, and we stuff pillows with it-- indian pillows. - that's pretty soft right in here. next, we removed the flesh and fat. - this is very greasy. this is the hump. so i'm gonna have you clear out the fat from the hump. - that's right. you may have invented a new workout too. - it's very good for the upper arms, this. - remind me not to arm wrestle you. now it's time to scrape the hair from the dried rawhide using a traditional elkhorn tool. - now, it's not how hard you push. - so it's not speed. - yeah, the speed. yeah, you're pretty good. - where i live, in the winter, we get frost on the windows of our cars. no part of the buffalo was ever wasted. larry discovered the secret ingredient to making the sdes soft and supple: buffalo brains. i mean, this doesn't feel any different than putting lotion or even a light car wax on.

- it's interesting. women will put sheep fat on their hands. - sheep fat, okay. - that's called lanolin, and the indian women used this for their hands. their hands were very soft. - i hope some of these brains rub off on me. oops. again, you have a whole other career in massage. what was the relationship that the lakota people had with buffalo in terms of their reverence for them? - well, the believed this animal was still listening and living. even thoh it looks like a dead skin, they thought it still had life. - the hide takes time to tan, but larry shows me how this canvas tipi becomes a home. - the tipi was something that belonged to the wife. the husband could use it, but it was actually her property. you had a fire in there that could keep you warm. so they're always productive, always making things, always preparing for winter. it was a great life. it was portable. you didn't have a lot of things, but everything you had had a purpose. - the tipi was warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and always faced east towards the rising sun.

how has being part of a lakota family enriched your life? - there's no way to explain the joy of just knowing you're a part of the culture, and that you're a part of keeping it alive so it's not lost. once you lose your culture, you lose your identity. jolly rancher bold hand soft juicy chews. untamed fruit flavor... jolly rancher. your carpet stains can reappear. [ laughing ] [ male announcer ] try resolve stain remover, the formula penetrates deep into your carpet and removes stains

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whole world of exciting flavors. friskies. feed the senses. - i continue my journey through south dakota to learn the ways of the lakota people. people look at native americans and lakota, and they think, "oh, this is a story back in history."

but they are still very much prent, alive, part of the american culture. the plains indians were known for their artistic creations, which were highly coveted. through his beadwork, artist kevin fast horse honors the great hunter of the plains in his ceremonial spirit wolf robe. but what would be the significance of the wolf? - the lf was very symbolic to the lakota people. he was just a skilled hunter. and the warrior really respected how the wolf chased the buffalos and hunted them, and they mimicked that. - kevin learned to bead by watching his grandmother. - she raised me since i was two years old, and i was fascinated with it. and i started out doing little small things 'cause my uncles also did dolls. - today kevin's work sells for thousands of dollars at the prairie edge gallery. what's your inspiration as an artist?

- most of my designs are developed because of our past traditions. this would represent the whole entire lakota nation, just this geometric design. and these represent the spirit of the animal, these wolf tracks. we will always try to bead the trac, or paint the tracks, of every animal that gives you some spiritual power. well, the elk is very powerful with me. that's the image i always see when i'm in a sweat or a ceremony, and he's blue. and he's my protector. he watches over me and guides me, and i really honor the elk a lot. - fast horse uses thousands of italian glass beads to bring his creations to life. how do you get these little beads on a needle? - i pick each one up one at a time. - for kevin fast horse, the lakota past and its future form a circle as perfect as the beads he works.

- proud to be a lakota. i mean, i love our culture. i love what it represents. - this is the land that was loved by crazy horse, ta-sunko-witko. his bravery was the stuff of legends. - he was quite an established hunter for being so young. then he became the young warrior and distinguished himself on the battle field. - but crazy horse was also fiercely determined to preserve his people's values and traditional way of life. in the 1920s, chief henry standing bear and president calvin coolidge commissioned the crazy horse memorial. - henry standing bear and the others wanted the rest of the world to know that american indians had great heroes also. - the lakota try to live by four virtues which guide their lives today, despite the challenges of modern life. - the first one would be wacantognaka,

which would be generosity. the next one wld be fortitude, wacintanka. then yuonihan, which is respect. and then the last one is woksape, which is wisdom. - they guide the next generation of lakota. - right now, i'm learning new things about my tradition, and elders talking to me about this 'cause they want me to be a leader one day. - the spirit of chief crazy horse still inspires his people today. next, my journey to the memorial. wherever your still sutwist the ride... today. with twizzlers. the twist you can't resist.

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this sweet & sour chicken helper. i didn't know they madchicken! that's really good. could i get another one of those, actually? thank you. [ male announcer ] we're here to help. americashelper.com. - my journey through the land of crazy horse brings me full circle to the unfinished monument, which pays tribute to all native americans. here in the lakota black hills, i have arrived at the spiritual center of the lakota. - unci maka is mother earth... [speaks in native lauage] where we come from. - billy good voice elk is a dect descendant of crazy horse. what are the values of crazy horse?

- crazy horse is leadership, taking care of your people, helping one another. he was a protector, provider, a chief-- peace chief, a war chief. - good voice elk is a medicine man like his grandfather and father before him. the medicine elders sought help from wakan tanka, the great spirit. they were traditional healers as well as spiritual leaders. - well, a medicine man covers quite a few areas. you have to know your herbs, how you could help somebody, and also goes into a spiritual advisor, and my message to the young people is to walk the way crazy horse and all the other chiefs wanted us to walk kback then. - good voice elk has invited me to be part of a wasna ceremony. wasna is a food mixture which is given to all those who want the blessing.

he calls upon the great spirit to be among us. - buffalo is alwlways a provide. he's our brother, a relative. mother earth gives us berries, chokecherries, everything that always pertains to who we are and how we're supposed to live. with that, today, bless this wasna, dried meat, and ask the spirits to help us. we, as the people, and this is what needs to come back, is our way of life. bowl of wasna with everybody here. - in my short time here, i'm beginning to understand the ways of the lakota. i think when you talk about their virtues, the virtues of bravery, fortitude, humility, generosity,

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female announcer: join the adventure and connect with us on facebook. - the lakota say, "the land is sacred. "the land is our mother, "the rivers, our blood. "take our land away, and we die." crazy horse told his people of a prophecy that he would someday come back in stone. if you think about it, the only two things that last forever are the earth and the sky. i don't think that crazy horse was necessarily speaking of himself, but of his people. that they would someday last forer.

sam: today on sea rescue, researchers rescue an endangered loggerhead sea turtle from a nuclear power plant. with a large hoostuck dangerously deep in his throat, can rescuers give this turtle a second chance? valerie: it's imperative that our veterinary y team get it out; otherwise, this animal is not going to live. sam: and then a young dolphin becomes stuck in the mud on a remote island, the scorching sun beating down and sun-burning him so badly, he could die. jessica: i was incredibly scared that he would not make it. sam: can rescuers save this little dolphin? i'm sam m champion, and we're on a sea rescue. ♪ music

sam: sea turtles like the rescued ones here at seaworld are typically seen swimming among the reefs and mangroves in the wild. so, when one unlucky turtle turns up in a cooling pond of a nuclear power station, well, rescuers rush into action. and during this sea rescue, they discover a more serious problem. this turtle has a hook stuck deep in its throat, and it's in desperate need of help. researchers find a loggerhead sea turtle trapped in a pond that holds water used to cool the reactors at the st. lucie nuclear power plant in florida. valerie: florida is a very common place for turtles. it's, you know, the weather is warm. they actually build their nests here in florida. sam: this sea turtle, unfortunately, winds up in one of the three intake pipes used to draw sea water from the

ocean at the powerful rate of a million gallons a minute. dr. dold: turtles that may go past these intakes can actually get pulled into the intakes and then deposited in a reservoir right near the power plant. sam: fortunately, help is nearby. conservationists from the inwater research group are authorized to rescue turtles and other animals stuck in this pond. julie: they will help collect them out of the canal and place them back in the ocean. man 1: all right, guys, are we ready to do this? man 2: i'm ready if you guys are ready. man 1: yep. sam: in the past three decades, these good samaritans have saved over 14,000 sea turtles, but what starts off as a routine rescue for this loggerhead turtle turns into a case different from all the rest. researchers give this young 100-pound male a standard exam& man 1: 58.4. man 2: okay. sam: &and discover something very unusual: a 4-inch long fishing hook stuck deep down his throat.

julie: sea turtles are very curious. they want to eat everything. they'll bite anything. so, chances are that the turtle bit a piece of bait or another fish that was on the hook and then ingested the hook itself. valerie: the best course of action is to get this animal to seaworld, where our veterinary team can give this animal the help it needs. sam: they rush the turtle to seaworld orlando for emergency care. julie: a lot of times, when we get a sick turtle, they're lethargic, they're slow-moving. and that means that it's in better health and better condition. sam: this big guy may look okay from the outside, but the hook has to come out; or, eventually, he'll die from these wounds. dr. dold: even if it's a simple hook removal that goes directly according to plan, there's still going to be some discomfort associated with the procedure for the turtle. so, to alleviate that, we'll use sedation, sometimes general anesthesia just to make sure this is as pain

free and really quick as possible. woman: he might be ready for x-rays. sam: x-rays reveal the large hook is lodged five inches down his throat. man: wow. woman: i told you it was a bihook. julie: removing a hook is extremely difficult. the barbed structure on the end of the hook actually could cause more damage if it's pulled out the wrong way. sam: to get to the hook, the surgeon's entire hand will have to be inside the turtle's mouth, and it's more dangerous than it looks. loggerhead turtles use their powerful jaws to crush thick seashells and get to the food inside. dr. dold: we'll put a bite, a plastic bite in there, and that keeps the turtle's mouth open and keeps our fingers safe. sam: and the team faces another obstacle. the turtle's throat is lined with papillae, fleshy protrusions which normally help the turtle eat, but right now they're blocking the veterinarian's view. dr. dold: these papillae, they're little soft tissue extensions,

and they all point down. it's like trying to remove a hook from a shag carpet. sam: a flashlight helps guide them down his throat. with little room to manipulate the forceps, they struggle to get a grip on the embedded hook. the team's first attempt ends in failure. coming up, after a failed attempt, the seaworld team has to figure out another way to remove the potentially deadly fishing hook. julie: you're unable to see, and you have to operate more by feel. sam: and later a young dolphin strands on a beach in florida. stuck in the mud, he could die from exposure to the sun. jessica: he was clearly very badly burned. the sun had been scorching him. sam: can rescuers reach apollo the dolphin in time to save him? (birds chirping) [female announcer] looks like everybody's at our biggest sale of the year,

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sam: an n endangered loggerhead sea turtle has swallowed a massive fishing hook, and he could die if it isn't removed. valerie: this hook is lodged in this sea turtle's throat. this will affect the turtle's ability to hunt and eat on its own and then, in turn, survive. sam: the seaworld veterinarian tries removing the stubborn hook, but it's almost impossible to see it well enough to remove. julie: due to the nature of the throat of these animals, it's very hard to visualize the location of the hook. oftentimes, you're operating blind. dr. dold: and most hooks have a barb on them, which means they only go one way. once they poke in

through tissue, they can't be backed out again. sam: each attempt at removing the hook fails. the team veterinarian decides to try a new technique and calls in a second vet to assist. veterinarian: got you pretty good, dude. sam: he uses a scalpel to cut some of the tissue around the hook's barb. dr. dold: he'll bind the tip of the hook, do a small incision, and then get a good hold of it, and try to as cleanly as possible bring it through that new injury that you've created. sam: with the barb now free, the veterinarian carefully guides the hook up the turtle's throat. veterinarian: ah, awesome, we got it. sam: it's a long, delicate process; and after almost three hours, finally, the hook comes out. now this lucky sea turtle can rest comfortably and recover. julie: this turtle recuperated very quickly. it was only a couple of weeks before we were able to return the animal to ththe ocean over in cocoa beach, florida.

sam: a crowd comes to see this endangered sea turtle's return home. boy: we figured out wh we wanted to name her. bye, lucky. julie: it's very exciting to be able to return a sea turtle back to the wild, and live a long life, and produce more turtles in the future. sam: as the sun sets, this big guy is heading home, where he can thrive and reproduce, thanks to the inwater rescuers and the seaworld team. coming up, when a young dolphin strands, exposed on the beach, he gets sunburned, rescuers fear the worst. jessica: we were in a state of panic. we realize we have no way of helping the dolphin. sam: can rescuers save the little dolphin before he dies of exposure?

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sam: it's not just people that can suffer from the sun's harmful rays. it might surprise you, but something like a stranded dolphin can also get sunburned. in our next sea rescue, a young dolphin beaches near new orleans and is so badly sunburned, rescuers aren't sure if he's going to survive the blistering injury. the coastal waters off louisiana's mainland are a patchwork of marshy islands, swamps, and bayous. valerie: south of new orleans, there's a cluster of islands. now, one of these is a remote island called mendicant island. sam: two researchers travel to this muddy, remote, and uninhabited island to test oysters, as part of a scientific project. jessica: i ended up spotting something moving in the water. so, i was wondering if

it was a bag. and then i saw the telltale sign of a flipper. sam: it's a young dolphin stuck on a sandbar. to get to him, jessica has to first crawl across a mudflat, using a body board to stop herself from sinking into the mud. jessica: i had to crawl through the mud like an alligator would, on my hands and my knees, for about 100 to 200 feet. sam: when she gets there, jessica makes a terrible discovery. jessica: as soon as i arrived, the dolphin started making distress calls and started clicking. he was clearly very badly burned. his eye was milky, because the sun had been scorching him. dr. dold: bottlenose dolphins are commonly found in shallow water, but being out of the water means now that you're exposed to the elements; and in this part of the world, sunshine is definitely one of those elements. so, a sunburn for a bottlenose dolphin, if bad enough, can be a real substantial risk to that animal's health.

sam: while the researchers are focused on helping the animal, suddenly they realize they themselves are also in danger. jessica: we found out that the boat was taking on water, and the waves were crashing over it, and then it actually sank. we were stranded. sam: n the dolphin and the researchers need to be rescued, and they're six miles away from civilization. and it gets worse. when jessica uses her phone to call for help, she discovers she has no cell service. jessica: we were in a state of panic, because suddenly we realize we have no way of getting out. we have no way of helping the dolphin or ourselves, and we have no way of communicating. sam: luckily, they have one other phone; and this time, the call works. suzanne: audon aquatic center. this is suzanne. can i help you? jessica: we have a stranded dolphin. suzanne: a live dolphin?

jessica: yes. suzanne: okay. jessica: my name is jessica. sam: the call for help is patched through to suzanne smith over 100 miles away in new orleans. suzanne is wildlife stranding coordinator for the region, and she immediately puts a rescue plan together for her team. it's a long trip to get there. she has to drive from new orleans to grand isle, louisiana, and from there take a boat to mendicant island. help is on the way, but jessica and the dolphin aren't out of danger yet. now the tide is coming in, threatening to drown the stranded dolphin. jessica: because the tide was rising, it was only moments before its blowhole was going to start taking on water. sam: fortunately, jessica has some prior experience working with dolphins and knows not to touch the scared young animal. instead, she uses her boogie board to stop the rising water from entering the dolphin's blowhole, so he can breathe. jessica: at the time, i

was absolutely panic stricken that i had this life in my hands. i knew that what i did at that time would make the difference as to whether or not he lived or didn't live. sam: jessica stays by the injured dolphin almost two hours untilil suzanne and her team arrive at the scene. suzanne: we had to very carefully, very slowly drag him in the stretcher back through the mud and back onto the boat with the louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries. we loaded up into our stranding vehicle, and we started the three-hour transport back to new orleans to our rehab facility. jessica: i was he would not make it.t i knew he was in good hands, but i kind of felt like i was abandoning him. i justi just prayed to god that he made it. sam: and when they get to the audubon nature institute in new orleans, something terrible happens.

suzanne: when we first got him out of the truck, that blister was so large and it was so liquid filled, we knew it was only a matter of time before that blister burst. dr. dold: when the blister ruptures, then it gives the responders an opportunity to see the extent of, really, of the disease. how badly affected is the tissue underneath? do you have a straightforward skin injury to fix? sam: with such a large open wound, the staff has to work quickly to reduce the risk of infection. suzanne: there's room for bacteria to get in there and to grow and to make it even worse. we were trying to make sure that he wasn't going to get even more sick than he already was. sam: the wound is massive. to help it heal, they turn to an ancient remedy, something found in almost every kitchen pantry. suzanne: we tried honey, which is pretty common for burn victims in humans. just do the honey on the big spot. we also tried just leaving it alone.

sometimes when you mess with things too much, it just gets worse. sam: the team's working around the clock to keep this sick patient alive. suzanne: in the beginning, it was very sad to watch him. he was very listless. he wasn't moving a lot. we had staff that had to get in the water and support him, so that he could stay up above the water, so he could breathe. if we weren't there by his side, he would have sunk. sam: at last, his skin shows signs of healing, and now the team works to strengthen his muscles. suzanne: we needed to start doing some physical therapy with him to start him to get moving a little bit and get him some exercise. man: he's recorded strength. suzanne: when we start to move the muscles of his tail& man: stretch it. suzanne: &then we could tell that he was getting stronger. man: come on, buddy. one more time, let's go. good movement. valerie: after about two weeks, this dolphin starts kicking his tail. he was showing signs of having more energy,

which is a great sign for the team. sam: and rescuers ceive another good sign: he has an appetite. suzanne: he started to take fish on his own, and he started to get a little bit stronger. sam: after six long months of intensive therapy and rehabilitation, the hard work pays off. he regains his strength, and all that remains of the sunburn injury is just s some scarring. it looks like he's ready to go home to the gulf water. and there's just one last test, a routine hearing exam, before he can go back to the water. dr. dold: dolphins use echolocation to see in waters where they can't use their eyes. any time the water gets cloudy, at night, dolphins are well-known for their ability to use ultrasound to see where they're going to find fish to forage. sam: this routine exam reveals devastating news. the young dolphin is hearing impaired. this could explain why he stranded in the first place and changes the course of this sea rescue. coming up, if he can't

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sam: a young bottlenose dolphin rescued off the louisiana coast has made a complete recovery from a life-threateningng sunburn, but results from a routine hearing test change the course of his life forever. suzanne: the day that we did the hearing test, we found out immediately that, in fact, this little dolphin has very bad hearing. dr. dold: a dolphin that can't hear can't use echolocation, and that's a serious compromise to that animal's ability to forage and navigate in the ocean. sam: it means a change of plans for this dolphin's future. wildlife authorities determine he cannot survive in the wild, so they need to find him a permanent home, and there's an ideal facility only an hour and a half away: the institute for marine mammal studies in gulfport, mississippi. the teams in gulfport and new orleans prepare for his arrival and

celebrate by giving him a name. suzanne: they had a name contest for him, and the name that won was apollo. and as you probably know, apollo is the sun god, so it is a very fitting name for this little dolphin that survived a terrible sunburn. sam: over the past six months, suzanne has become very attached to little apollo. suzanne: i'm going to miss his little face. in the beginning, it's very sad to see a helpless, vulnerable animal like that. my heart smiles, because i know that the team at audubon did a fantastic job. we did everything that we needed to do to help rescue him. good kid. coming to get you. they're coming to get you. yes, they are. sam: when the time comes for apollo to leave for his new home, there's only one thing left for suzanne to say. suzanne: bye! sam: and away he goes off to a new life in his new home. valerie: apollo had a really rough time.

he was near death with this horrible, horrible sunburn, but now he's thriving. he's doing great at his new home. he's able to live a very full life there. sam: jessica lambert often thought of that frightened, injured young dolphin that she helped save off that remote island. jessica: i just assumed that he had not made it. sam: and one day jessica receives a phone call out ofhe blue from us at sea rescue. the message: the dolphin who was so close to death when she last saw him is alive and well. she packs her bags and comes to gulfport for a very special reunion. jessica is thrilled to see apollo again. he vocalizes and shows her some new moves he's learned. [jessica laughing] e difference is just amazing. when i last saw him, he was blistered and bleeding, and now he looks healthy.

he looks strong. he's vibrant. he's doing all of the things a dolphin should do. i'm ecstatic, so& closed captioning and other promotional consideration provided considerabacon?!ovided gotta get that bacon! bacon?! bacon? bacon! who wants a beggin' strip? meee! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum, yum, yum... it's bacon!!! mmmmm...i love you. i love bacon. i love you. [ male announcer ] there's no time l like beggin' time. remember to change it on schedule to keep your car healthy. show your car a little love with an oil change starting at $19.95. but for all these symptoms, you also take kaopectate. new kaopectate caplets -- soothing relief for all those symptoms. kaopectate. one and done. sam: apollo survived, thanks to the people who spotted him. now, if you see a stranded animal, please

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